Valdai Hills

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Valdai Hills is a hilly upland region in western Russia known as a major watershed area where several important rivers, including the Volga, originate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hill range
upland region
characterizedBy hilly relief
morainic landscapes
numerous lakes
climate humid continental climate
contains Lake Seliger
Lake Valdai
Valdai National Park
continent Europe
country Russia
coveredBy coniferous forests
mixed forests
drainageDivideBetween Baltic Sea drainage basin
surface form: Baltic Sea basin

Black Sea
surface form: Black Sea basin

Caspian Sea region
surface form: Caspian Sea basin
elevation approximately 1135 feet
approximately 346 metres
extendsInto Pskov Oblast NERFINISHED
Smolensk Oblast NERFINISHED
Tver Oblast NERFINISHED
geologicalOrigin glacially formed upland
highestPoint Mount Uzhin
importance major watershed of Eastern Europe
knownAs Valdayskaya Vozvyshennost
languageOfName Russian
locatedIn European Russia
Novgorod Oblast NERFINISHED
European Russia
surface form: western Russia
near Valdai town
partOf European Plain
surface form: East European Plain

Russian Plain
regionType physiographic region
riverSource Dnieper River headwaters
Lovat River NERFINISHED
Msta River
Syas River NERFINISHED
Tvertsa River
Western Dvina River headwaters
Upper Volga
surface form: upper Volga River
usedFor recreation
tourism
water resources
watershedFor Dnieper
surface form: Dnieper River

Neva River
Volga River
Western Dvina River

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Daugava River sourceLocation Valdai Hills
Dnieper sourceLocation Valdai Hills
Volga River sourceLocation Valdai Hills